Apr 30 Europe's employment aid keeps jobs from vanishing -- for now By Masha Macpherson, David McHugh, Associated Press Government programs are keeping hard-hit businesses across Europe afloat, preventing millions of workers from losing their jobs and income for now, and thousands of bosses from seeing their trained staff scatter. Continue reading
Apr 30 Exclusive: Warren, Pressley and other lawmakers demand answers from White House on COVID-19 racial disparities By Daniel Bush Democrats sent separate letters Wednesday to Vice President Mike Pence and the CDC urging the Trump administration to prioritize African American, Hispanic, Native and other marginalized communities who have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Apr 29 Over 70 percent of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19 By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The response from the federal Bureau of Prisons to the growing coronavirus crisis in prisons has raised alarm among advocates and lawmakers about whether the agency is doing enough to ensure the safety of the nearly 150,000 inmates serving time… Continue reading
Apr 29 WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus update By Justin Stabley Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker held a news conference April 29 on the state’s response to the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 29 WATCH: Virginia governor gives coronavirus update By Justin Stabley Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a news conference April 29 on the state’s response to the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 29 WATCH: D.C. mayor gives coronavirus update By Associated Press D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held a news conference to give an update on the area's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 4:47 Amid economic gloom, a sign of potential progress toward treatment By Stephanie Sy The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has now surpassed 60,000, but there are some signs of hope. An international study run by the National Institutes of Health found encouraging results in a trial of the experimental drug remdesivir among hospitalized… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 7:11 Why antibody tests, a crucial step toward overcoming COVID-19, are still unreliable Testing, both for active cases of COVID-19 and for antibodies indicating prior exposure to the disease, will be critical to resuming economic activity. In addition, scientists are racing to develop therapies for people who do get infected -- especially those… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 10:52 Trump wants to keep meat processing plants open. Is that safe? President Trump has signed an executive order to keep meat processing plants open, but a number of the facilities are currently closed due to outbreaks of COVID-19. What does the pandemic's disruption mean for U.S. agriculture -- and the health… Continue watching
Apr 29 Unemployment surge pushing state funds toward insolvency By David A. Lieb, Associated Press A surge in unemployment caused by the coronavirus shutdown has started to take a financial toll on state jobless funds. At least six states already have asked to borrow money from the federal government to pay unemployment claims because their… Continue reading